TY - JOUR
T1 - Historical observation on commotio cordis
AU - Maron, Barry J.
AU - Doerer, Joseph J.
AU - Haas, Tammy S.
AU - Estes, N. A.Mark
AU - Link, Mark S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by a grant from the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE), Overland Park, Kansas.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - Commotio cordis (Latin for "disturbance of the heart") is a circumstance in which blunt, nonpenetrating, and often innocent-appearing blows to the chest produce ventricular fibrillation and sudden death, in the absence of structural damage to the heart, ribs, or sternum. 1-4 Not entirely a new phenomenon, commotio cordis is traceable back for well over 100 years. 5,6 Possibly first described in 1763 and again in the 1870s, this phenomenon was subjected to extensive experimental investigation in the early 1930s. 5,6 However, commotio cordis only achieved widespread visibility in the physician and lay communities over the last 10 years, 1 through a series of reports comprehensively describing its clinical profile and underlying mechanisms with a contemporary experimental model. 1-4,7-10.
AB - Commotio cordis (Latin for "disturbance of the heart") is a circumstance in which blunt, nonpenetrating, and often innocent-appearing blows to the chest produce ventricular fibrillation and sudden death, in the absence of structural damage to the heart, ribs, or sternum. 1-4 Not entirely a new phenomenon, commotio cordis is traceable back for well over 100 years. 5,6 Possibly first described in 1763 and again in the 1870s, this phenomenon was subjected to extensive experimental investigation in the early 1930s. 5,6 However, commotio cordis only achieved widespread visibility in the physician and lay communities over the last 10 years, 1 through a series of reports comprehensively describing its clinical profile and underlying mechanisms with a contemporary experimental model. 1-4,7-10.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.12.011
DO - 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.12.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 16648070
AN - SCOPUS:33645974265
SN - 1547-5271
VL - 3
SP - 605
EP - 606
JO - Heart Rhythm
JF - Heart Rhythm
IS - 5
ER -